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News Archives
Click here SID news from 2007-2008
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Congratulations to The Heller School 2007 Graduates!!
Click to view photos of the 2007 Heller School Award Reception for Graduating Students.
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Click to view the 2007 SID Reception and Dinner for Graduating Students.
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Click to view the 2007 Heller School Commencement photos in the SID photo gallery.
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2007 MA CAPSTONE PANEL PRESENTATIONS
MAY 14-18
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
This year 83 students of the Sustainable International Development Program Class of 2007 presented the fruits of their studies, research and internships during the week of May 14-18. We call these final days of the semester "Capstone Week" since it is the culmination of two years of hard work. The public was invited to be a part of their presentations throughout the week and to attend a special reception featuring an "Art and Development" exhibition on Monday, May 14th, from 5 to 7 in the evening.
The Capstone presentation panels covered the gamut of development topics including governance, resource management, peace building, microfinance, rights-based approach, NGO management, Youth, Education and Human Development, HIV/AIDs and Women's Empowerment. If you are a continent away, we know that our students will share their experiences with enthusiasm and deep gratitude for the tremendous gift of hands-on learning that they have received.
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The Sustainable International Development Program Welcomes Spring 2007 Feldman Scholar Dr. Navina Jafa
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SID Alumni Return to Heller for First-Ever MA/MS Alumni Event
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Copright UNICEF/India
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Fund-Raising Bead Sale for Foundation for Arts, India
Monday, May 14: Noon to 4 and 5-7
Schneider Building Lobby
Navina Jafa, Feldman Fellow at the Heller School this year, has been working with the Foundation for Arts, a non-profit organization base in Uttar Pradesh, India. This Foundation works with villagers in a brilliant approach to development which incorporates understanding of culture and family to bring fresh opportunity to young girls, their mothers, and the entire community. The village men make the beads and the women and girls paint them according to time-honored traditions. These ceramic necklaces are very beautiful. You can purchase this great work for a very reasonable price and in this way support the excellent work of the Foundation.
Click here for more information about the culture and development strategy of the Foundation.
For more information about Dr. Jafa's work, please visit http://www.heller.brandeis.edu/sid/engagedscholar.htm.
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"Three Steps Forward and Two Steps Back: How Can Global Power and Policy Support Human Development?"
Sarah Burd-Sharps, Capstone Keynote Speaker
Monday, May 14
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Zinner Forum
Sarah Burd-Sharps has worked for the United Nations since 1987, with a focus on human development, capabilities and gender. Most recently, she was Deputy Director of the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report (HDR) Office in New York. She worked on four global HDRs and has contributed to national HDRs in every developing region. During the 1990s, Sarah worked with UNIFEM’s Africa Section on food security issues and economic empowerment, UNIFEM’s China Section supporting the 1995 Women’s Conference in Beijing, and earlier with UNDP China as a Programme Officer.
In 2001, Sarah worked as Adviser and Editor to the non-profit Berlin-based Transparency International for their first Global Corruption Report. Sarah is also founding Managing Editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Human Development. She is currently leading an independent advocacy and research project to produce an American Human Development Report.
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*THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED*
"Saving a Child One Heart at a Time - Responding to the Cardiac Problem in the Developing World"
Guest Speaker Martin Kamerow, Chairman of the Board, Save a Child's Heart Foundation
POSTPONED
Martin Kamerow presently serves as Chairman of the Board (Past President) of the Save A Child’s Heart Foundation - U.S., Inc., as well as serving on the Board of the Hebrew Free Burial Society (Past President). He served as President of the Shma V’Ezer School for the Handicapped. Mr. Kamerow has served as a Trustee of the United Jewish Endowment Fund of Greater Washington, Inc., and the United Jewish Federation of Greater Washington of which he formerly served as Trustee and Advanced Gifts Chairman in the Synagogue Division.
He has been active in the United Synagogue of America and was a member of the Board of the World Council of Synagogues. He has previously served on the Giant Food Consumer Advisory Board. He is a member of the Cosmos Club of Washington, D.C.
An information session for internship and volunteer opportunities will follow after the talk.
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"Performing Arts - Tools for Development Communication"
Workshop with Navina Jafa, Feldman Engaged Scholar
Saturday, May 12
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Zinner Forum
Workshop Statement: The goal of the Performing Arts for development is in what Augusto Boal says “we must all do theater – to find out who we are, and to discover who we could become.” Our attempt is to synergize the dynamic flow of development with the dynamic flow of cultural specifics. The vast canvas of performing arts, creation of performance, and identifying performance spaces provide the bridge top entwine culture with development. It also provides the scope for communities to participate in development. The first three hours will touch: a) on the conceptual understanding of culture, development and conflict as concepts of flow; b) use of non western terms in the language of development policy; c) case studies on Environment, Health and Education; and d) strategies to incorporate performing arts as tools for development communication. The latter part of the Workshop will concentrate on building models on reaching Women in Domestic spaces on matters of Health and Education.
Brought to you by the programs on the Arts, Development & Social Change of the Center for International Development, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
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Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D.
Dean of The Heller School
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Live NPR Broadcast of SCIENCE FRIDAY: Interview with Stuart H. Altman, Dean of The Heller School
Friday, May 11
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Schneider G4
Stuart H. Altman, Dean of the Heller School, was interviewed Friday, May 11, on NPR's live broadcast of SCIENCE FRIDAY.
Professor Altman is an economist whose research interests are primarily in the area of federal and state health policy. In 1997, he was appointed by President Clinton to the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. Professor Altman was Dean of The Heller School from 1977 until July 1993 and interim President of Brandeis University from 1990-1991. He served as the first Chairman of the Congressionally legislated Prospective Payment Assessment Commission for twelve years. ProPAC was responsible for advising Congress and the Administration on the Medicare DRG Hospital Payment System and other system reforms. Professor Altman is a member of The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; a member of the Board of Overseers of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts; and, Co-Chairman of the Advisory Board to the Schneider Institute for Health Policy.
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Associate Professor Jon Chilingerian
MPA, Ph.D.
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"Learning from the Outlier Organizations: From Focused Factories to Departments of Cardiac Surgery"
Presented by Jon Chilingerian, MPA, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Services Management, Heller School
Thursday, May 10
12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Schneider G2
Pizza will be served.
This talk focused on two methods that help organizational researchers to learn from outliers: (1) non-parametric techniques aimed at extremal data points; (2) case study methods. Two examples were used: one quantitative and the other qualitative.
This event is sponsored by the Organizational Studies Workshop: http://heller.brandeis.edu/osw/
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"Livelihoods, Gender, and NGO Management"
SID Engaged Scholar Emeritus Kanchan Sinha
Wednesday, May 9
5:15 p.m.
Schneider G2
Kanchan Sinha, who was an engaged scholar at the SID Program at Heller in 2004-05, lectured on May 9 about livelihoods, gender, planning, monitoring and other practical issues in development. Dr. Sinha is a Senior Program Manager in Oxfam India and has published widely on gender issues. She also mentored SID graduate Chloe Puett in an internship that focused on a Most Significant Change Approach to program monitoring.
Click here to view announcement.
For inquiries, contact Prof. Susan Holcombe at shholc@brandeis.edu or Rhoderick K. Samonte at dick@brandeis.edu.
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North America Cultural Day Lunch
Sunday, May 6
2:00 p.m.
Zinner Forum
Come celebrate North American culture! Food, live music and outdoor activities the whole family can enjoy.
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Dr. John Carroll, Professor of Behavior and Policy Sciences, MIT
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"Relational Communication in Nursing Change of Shift Reports"
Thursday, May 3
12:00-2:00 p.m.
G2 Irving Schneider and Family Building
Pizza will be served.
Guest Speaker John Carroll, Ph.D., Professor of Behavior and Policy Sciences, MIT, Sloan School of Management has published four books and numerous articles in several areas of social and organizational psychology. Much of his research has focused on individual and group decision-making, the relationship between cognition and behavior in organizational contexts, and the processes that link individual, group, and organizational learning. Professor Carroll is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society.
For more information please visit his faculty website at: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/carroll/carroll.htm
This event is sponsored by the Organizational Studies Workshop.
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"Democratic Renewal in Africa! Lessons from Guinea"
Tuesday, May 1
6:30 p.m.
Zinner Forum, Irving Schneider and Family Building
Dr. Lansine Kaba, the 2007 Madeleine Haas Russell Distinguished Visiting Professor at Brandeis, and former President of the African Studies Assocation, 1998-2001, discussed the current struggle for democracy in Guinea (Conakry) and implications of these events for the region.
This event was co-sponsored by African and Afro-American Studies and the M.A. Program in Cultural Production, Brandeis University. Supported by the Martin Weiner Fund.
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Kathak: The Only North Indian Classical Dance
Performance by The Heller School's 2007 Feldman Scholar Dr. Navina Jafa
Monday, April 30
6:00 p.m.
Zinner Forum
The Center for International Development’s programs for the Arts, Social Change and Development featured Navina Jafa in a performance of Kathak: The only North Indian classical dance.
The night of creative performance introduced the audience to Kathak, the only classical dance from North India. It also has the distinction of the unique for it is the only classical dance that incorporates a Persian-Islamic sensibility. The dance is characterized by a vibrant, complicated footwork, pirouettes, two dimensional movements, a standing body & recitation while performing. Featuring Navina Jafa who studied the dance for over 20 years, and has since performed and researched the art. Her PhD is on Living Culture of North Indian Cities. She has been trained as an Art Historian who specializes on Rock Art. She has performed and lectured in most Festivals of India ( USA, USSR, China, Japan, Scandinavia, Belgium). Her last performance in the US was at the Kennedy Center last May 2006. She is currently a Feldman Engaged Scholar & teaches Performance, Culture & Development in the SID Programs of The Heller School.
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"E-Government - The Way Towards More Efficiency, Transparency, Accountability & Participation in the Public Sector"
Friday, April 27
12:10-1:50 p.m.
Schneider Building, G1
Guest speaker Elida Reci, Governance and Public Administration Officer, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) presented "E-Government - The Way Towards More Efficiency, Transparency, Accountability and Participation in the Public Sector."
Ms. Reci is responsible for development of tools and instruments in participatory governance, including pro-poor participation in policy and budget making. She is a former director at the Albanian Ministry of Finance, an expert in transition economics, and a Brandeis alumna. The event was part of the SID Friday Speaker Series.
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"Art, Gender and Development: How Does a Photograph Shape Your Perspective?"
Guest Speakers Christina Arnold, Executive Director and Founder, Project Hope, International, and Nicolas Lainez, Ph.D. Student and Photojournalist
Wednesday, April 25, 12:00-1:50 pm
G1, Irving Schneider and Family Building
Open to the Public. All are welcome.
Guest speakers Christina Arnold, Executive Director of Project Hope, International, and Ph.D. student and photojournalist Nicolas Lainez presented a digital photo essay, "Sex, Aids, and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia." The photo essay departed from mainstream photography by revealing the daily lives of females engaged in prostitution in Cambodia. Among the questions discussed were "When we think of the label "victim", do we reconcile the meaning of the word with the image? How is prostitution photographed?"
Project Hope International (PHI) is an independent, D.C.-based non-profit working to build a bridge between South East Asia and the United States to prevent Human trafficking. More information is available at http://www.phi-ngo.org/about/index.cfm.
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EARTH DAY EVENTS AT THE HELLER SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, APRIL 24
EARTH DAY FORUM
Heller School Professor David Boyer presented "Trade and Sustainable Development: Leveling the Playing Field for Developing Countries."
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EARTH DAY FILM SERIES
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Zinner Forum, Schneider Building
Films hown: "Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story" and "Out of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change"
For more information, contact Rhoderick Samonte at dick@brandeis.edu.
Please join us as we make every day Earth Day at Heller School!
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WALTHAM EARTH DAY EVENTS
Sunday, April 22
10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cedar Hill Girl Scout Campus
265 Beaver Street & UMass Field Station 240 Beaver Street
Heller students participated in the Waltham city celebration of Earth Day on Sunday, April 22.
Click here to view program of activities
Click here to view locator map
Click here to view site map
Please join us as we make every day Earth Day at Heller School!
For more information about Earth Day and celebrations worldwide, check some links below:
http://www.earthday.org/
http://earthday.envirolink.org/
http://www.earthsite.org/
http://www.psdn.org.ph/earthday/network.htm
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Founder of Edwon, Bishnu Maya Pariyar, receives the 2006 Woman of the Year from India New England, at the ceremony held at the Boston Marriott Hotel, June 1, 2006.
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"Women's Empowerment in Nepal: Addressing Root Causes of HIV/AIDS and Human Trafficking"
Friday, April 20
12:10-1:50 p.m.
Schneider Building, G1
Food and Drinks for Attendees
Guest speaker Bishnu Pariyar, Dalit leader and founder of Empower Dalit Women of Nepal presented "Women's Empowerment in Nepal: Addressing Root Causes of HIV/AIDS and Human Trafficking."
Bishnu is a social activist fighting for the human rights of women and Dalits (low caste or so- called “untouchables”). As a Dalit woman herself, she has overcome tremendous obstacles of gender, caste, and poverty. She has been featured at many UN events and received The World Bank’s Margaret McNamara Memorial Grant. Bishnu Maya Pariyar was awarded the *2006 Woman of the Year* from India New England, at the ceremony held at the Boston Marriott Hotel last June 1, 2006. The event is part of the SID Friday Speaker Series.
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Annette Lareau, Ph.D
Elliot Weininger, Ph.D.
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Colloquium: "Garnering Resources to Buy a Home: Race, Wealth Transfers, and the Transmission of Advantage"
Thursday, April 19, 3:00 p.m.
Zinner Forum, Irving Schneider and Family Building
Refreshments and reception to follow talk.
Guest speakers Annette Lareau, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, and Elliot Weininger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, SUNY Brockport, presented "Garnering Resources to Buy a Home: Race, Wealth Transfers, and the Transmission of Advantage."
The event was co-sponsored by the Brandeis Department of Sociology and The Institute on Assets and Social Policy at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
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One-Day Workshop on Negotiation and Mediation Skills
Saturday, April 14, 10:00-4:00 a.m.
G4 Schneider Building
Professors Mari Fitzduff and Ted Johnson taught an introductory and highly interactive program for the Heller Community that has been designed to be both fun and participatory. Attendees learned the basic theories behind both mediation and negotiation, how they differ, and in what situations they can be most usefully applied. They also learned some specific techniques you can use immediately to boost your ability to communicate more successfully with other and solve conflicts more effectively. It was a rare opportunity to learn from masters in the field.
This workshop was co-sponsored by the Heller School for Social Policy and Management and The Alan B. Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence.
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The Heller School Community for a Climate Action Change Rally from Brandeis to the Waltham Common
Saturday, April 14
11:15 a.m. - United march from Brandeis Shapiro Center to Waltham Common
Noon to 3 p.m. - Community Rally on Waltham Common
All are welcome to participate.
On Saturday, April 14th, Heller School students united together with the Waltham community to promote Climate Change Action, calling on the U.S. Congress to cut Co2 emissions 80% by the year 2050.
The rally was part of a national event called "Step It Up 2007" taking place at over a thousand different locations across the United States.
Students met at the Brandeis Shapiro Student Center at 11:15 a.m. and marched together to the Waltham Common. They united with a group from the Waltham community for a photograph on the Moody Street Bridge overlooking the mill that started the Industrial Revolution in America. There were speeches and music on the Waltham Common from 12-3 p.m. Heller student David Bayard performed and SID Professor Eric Olson addressed the crowd.
For more information about the event please visit http://www.stepitup2007.org or contact Nathaniel Scott by phone 508.654.8418; e-mail: nscott14@brandeis.edu.
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Dr. Jeffrey Levin-Scherz, MD, MBA, FACP
Chief Medical Officer of HealthOne Care System and Harvard Vanguard
Friday, April 13, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
G3, Schneider Building
Open to the Public. All are welcome.
Guest speaker Dr. Jeffrey Levin-Scherz discussed the evolving face of "managed care." With 20 years of experience in health care and a strong track record in innovation and quality, Dr. Levin-Scherz is visionary as well as pragmatic, and makes this complex topic very approachable.
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"Aging and Policy Development in China"
Thursday, April 12, 12:15-2:00 p.m.
Zinner Forum, Schneider Building
The Heller School's In Our Own Backyard Series hosted guest speaker Professor Gu Baochang, Professor of Demography at Renmin University, Beijing.
Professor Gu's current work focuses on the aging of China's population and its effects on the elderly and care for the elderly. He is one of the first Chinese sociologists and demographers trained abroad following the opening of China in the late 1970s. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986. His career bridges academic research and policy development. He has published in China and in international journals on population issues including on China's population programs in the 21st century, aging and fertility and mortality transitions, fertility and poverty, reproductive health, and quality of care. Professor Gu has held senior positions at the China Population Information and Research Center and the China Family Planning Association. He was a Senior Program Associate at the Population Council in New York (1998-2000), and he has worked with WHO and UNFPA.
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Millennium Development Goals Week
April 11-17
April 11-17, 2007
Brandeis University
Click here for the detailed conference schedule.
Select Heller School faculty and students participated in events for Millennium Development Goals Week at Brandeis University.
THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS:
*Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
*Achieve universal primary education.
*Promote gender equlity and empower women.
*Reduce child mortality.
*Improve maternal health.
*Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
*Ensure environmental sustainability.
*Develop a Global Partnership for Development.
This conference was hosted by Positive Foundations and cosponsored by Millennium Campaign, Brandeis Student Events, Student Union, Student Activities, Dept. IGS, Brandeis Pluralism Alliance, Greek Awareness Club, The Ethics Center, and the Hiatt Career Services Center.
For more information about Positive Foundations, please view their website at http://www.positivefoundations.org.
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Stephen Rapp, Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone
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SID Speaker Series #11
Stephen Rapp, The Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone
Wednesday, April 11, 12:10-1:50 pm
G1 (Altman Amphitheater), Schneider Building
Food and Drinks for Attendees Only.
Honorable guest speaker Stephen Rapp, Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone and former Chief of Prosecutions, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda presented "Prosecution of Atrocity: Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Darfur."
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SID Friday Speaker Series #10
Dr. Margot Gotzmann, Guest Speaker
Friday, March 30, 12:10-1:50 pm
G1 (Altman Amphitheater), Schneider Building
Guest speaker Margot Gotzmann, independent scholar and consultant, presented " The role of social culture in the Sustainable Human Development (SHD) application process."
Dr. Gotzmann is an independent scholar and consultant whose scientific background includes economics, social policy, sociology, multicultural studies and history of socio-economic ideas. Dr. Gotzmann was previously a member of the government, then CEO of financial institutions within the social security system and founder and manager of multiple European NGOs. Her current assignments include writing and publishing her new book on cultural aspects of socio-economic development. She headed a group of experts who wrote National Reports on Human Development (UNDP initiative), then promoted them nationally and internationally. Her most recent project included a series of global conferences on dialogue among cultures and civilizations. She teams up with her husband, Mati, who specializes in project management for non-profit organizations, and independent publishing.
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For more information, contact Rhoderick K. Samonte at dick@brandeis.edu.
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AFRICA, THE CONTINENT THAT OVERSLEPT
Presented by the Heller School African Forum
Thursday, March 29, 7:00 pm
Zinner Forum, Schneider Building
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Surviving and Thriving In Academia: Practical and Effective Skills for International Graduate Students
Wednesday, March 28, 6:00-8:00pm
Zinner Forum, Schneider Building
Guest speakers from the Asian Mental Health Program at the Cambridge Health Alliance discussed how to:
--understand why it may feel so difficult to adjust to life in America.
--develop effective communication skills for dealing with faculty, friends and family.
--learn handy and creative ways to deal with academic pressure and take care of yourself.
For more information, contact Dr. Joanne Walker at walkerjo@brandeis.edu.
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Offering Reconciliation:
How Do I Think About Reconciliation When People Are Being Killed? Creating Reconciliation in the Midst of Ongoing Violence and Pain
Wednesday, March 28, 12:30-2:00pm
Gardner Jackson Room, Mezzanine, Goldfarb Library
Brandeis University
Guest Panelists: Jeremy Sarkin, Visiting Professor of Law, Tufts University
Mari Fitzduff, Professor of Coexistence, Brandeis University
Moderator: Maria Green, Assistant Professor, Human Rights and Development, Heller School
Jeremy Sarkin, visiting professor of law at Tufts University, former anti-apartheid activist in his native South Africa, and coauthor of Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), and Mari Fitzduff, professor of coexistence, director of the master’s program in coexistence and conflict at Brandeis and internationally recognized mediator whose work began with the conflict in her own Northern Ireland, discussed how ordinary people have addressed reconciliation even during the worst times of chronic conflicts. What challenges have they encountered, what processes have they found their way to, and what impacts have their reconciliation efforts had on eventual peace in their communities?
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Interfaith Walk for Climate Rescue
March 16-24, 2007
Northampton to Boston
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Guest Speaker Ben Cheng, M.Sc., Deputy Director of the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
Friday, March 23, 5:00-7:00p.m.
The Rhonda S. and Michael J. Zinner Forum, The Heller School
Guest speaker Ben Cheng, Deputy Director of the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, School of Public Health, George Washington University, presented " Translating HIV Research and Policy into Practical Care and Treatment Initiatives." Dr. Cheng spoke of the Forum's work, includnig aspects of progress being made in the world of HIV treatment research.
The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research is a public-private partnership whose mission is to facilitate collaborative discussion on emerging issues in HIV among the world's primary front line aid agencies. The Forum is housed in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. The Gates Foundation supports this collaborative forum comprised of representatives from the UN, WHO, USAID, DFID, the major pharmaceuticals, university researchers, private foundations, and a host of NGOs.
After his talk, Mr. Cheng met with students to discuss opportunities for internships and fellowship positions.
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SID Friday Speaker Series
Friday, March 23, 12:10-1:50pm
Glynn Amphitheater (G4), Schneider Building
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Professor Roger Maconick
Professor Jehan Raheem
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Panel Discussion with Professors Roger Maconick and Jehan Raheem
Monday, March 19, 5:30-8:00 pm
Glynn Amphitheater (G4), Schneider Building
"IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: The Recent UN High-Level Report on Delivering Development"
Prof. Roger Maconick currently teaches Planning, Implementation and Evaluation. He has served as a development professional with the UN system, working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Laos, Iran, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic. He assisted in the implementation of UNDP's evaluation office and designed UNDP's monitoring and evaluation system. While employed by the UN secretariat, Dr. Maconick introduced impact evaluation to the work of the UN General Assembly and managed two series of such evaluations. He worked with the UN Office of Internal Oversight, carrying out inspections of UN agencies and advising on evaluation issues.
Prof. Jehan Raheem was the founder and director of the office of evaluation at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and served as UNDP Resident Representative in Burma. He is a specialist in the United Nations system and in technical assistance.
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Hon. Betty Amongi
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Two Workshops with Hon. Betty Ongom Amongi, Member of Parliament, Republic of Uganda
March 16, Fri., 5:30pm- 8:30pm – “Political Participation”
March 17, Sat., 10am -1pm - “Conflict and Peace-Building”
Room G2, Schneider Building
All Are Welcome!
Hon. Betty Amongi is the chair of the Uganda Chapter of the AMANI Forum, an initiative of African Parliamentarians in the Great Lakes region who are committed to peace and to the peaceful resolution of conflicts, both within their own countries and in the region as a whole. She worked for women's rights in national and international organizations, advocated for youth and children, and promoted community development and poverty alleviation. She holds an MA degree in International Politics from University of South Africa, BA degree in Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University and a BA degree in Political Science and Public Administration (Hon) from Makerere University.
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Senator Mobina Jaffer, Former Canadian Special Envoy for Peace in Sudan
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Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle: Democracy, Human Rights, Gender and Development - March 15-16 - Co-Sponsored by SID
March 15th at 4:30 p.m. - Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Keynote Address by Senator Mobina Jaffer, Former Canadian Special Envoy for Peace in Sudan
March 16th from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Hassenfeld Conference Center
9 a.m. Panel Discussion – Integrating Coexistence, Democracy, Human Rights,
Gender and Development
10:45 a.m. Discussion Groups and Plenary
Dilemmas of Peace and Democratic Governance
Finding Justice and Reconciliation
Examining Gender and Conflict
2:45 p.m. Roundtable – Implications for Education and Training
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SID Friday Speaker Series
Friday, March 16, 12:10-1:50pm
Glynn Amphitheater (G4), Schneider Building
Guest speaker Hope Lewis, Professor of Law, Northeastern University. Professor Lewis presented "Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina: A Human Rights Perspective?".
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Click this website link for relevant information regarding Professor Lewis' presentation
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International Women's Day - March 8
NO DEMOCRACY WITHOUT FULL PARTICIPATION OF
WOMEN IN DECISION MAKING
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated all over the world on the 8th of March to mark the achievements made by women in social, political, economic and cultural spheres. Some might see this day as having only symbolic value, or others may think that it is yet another commemoration. Yet those who look at the history will come to know that IWD came about through the blood, tears, and sweat of women workers who fought for justice and fairness. IWD is a day to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women workers who have played a distinct role in the history of women's rights.
As practitioners of international sustainable development, we, the Gender Working Group, believe that it is important to respect and value International Women’s Day by celebrating it hand in hand with the global women’s movement. Moreover, it is critical to realize that promoting gender equality is not only women’s responsibility - it is the responsibility of all of us. We all can promote women as agents of change.
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Pro-Seminar Guest Speaker Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-na'im
Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-na'im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law, Emor Law School presented "Approaches to Gender, Justice, and Development" on Friday, March 9, at 7 p.m. in the Zinner Forum. The opening reception started at 6:00 p.m.
Dr. An-na'aim is an internationally recognized scholar of human rights, Islam and the law. His publications include "Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Quest for Consensus" (ed) and "African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam."
This lecture for the Brandeis community was offered in conjunction with a Pro-Seminar entitled "Constitutions, Culture, Religion and Human Rights" which will be held at the Heller School. The Pro-Seminar is for pre-registered participants only.
For more information, contact Rhoderick K. Samonte dick@brandeis.edu, or call 781-736-3940.
Click here to view photos of the event
Click here to view the event poster (PDF format)
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Activist and Comedian Wavy Gravy Performed September 30 at Brandeis University as Special Guest of The Heller School
The Center for International Development at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management hosts a series of special events on the Arts, Development, and Social Change.
The series kicked off on September 30 with the visit of Wavy Gravy. Mr. Gravy, as The New York Times calls him, who performed Saturday, September 30, from 4 to 6 PM in the Shapiro Auditorium of the Shapiro Campus Center on the Brandeis campus.
Click here to view the event poster (PDF format)
Click here for more on Wavy Gravy (PDF format)
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Matthew Preece
1975 - 2006
It is with great sadness that we inform you that Matthew Preece, who received his Master of Arts in Sustainable International Development in May 2004, has died while at work in Nepal. Matt was on board a helicopter that crashed September 23, 2006 while transporting dignitaries and World Wildlife Fund workers from the rugged mountains of Ghunsa in eastern Nepal. The team had just participated in the ceremonial hand-over to local communities of managing an important conservation area rich in biodiversity and cultural heritage.
Click here to read letter from Director Laurence R. Simon (PDF format)
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Renowned jurists Richard Goldstone and Shiranee Tilakawardane at the Heller School
Richard Goldstone, a former member of the South African Constitutional Court and internationally renowned prosecutor of war criminals, and Shiranee Tilakawardane, a sitting Justice on Sri Lanka's Supreme Court, addressed a standing-room-only audience on the issue of "Individual Rights, Constitutions, and Sustainable International Development" on March 8, 2006.
The presentations included both a rare participant's eye view of the groundbreaking decisions on economic, social and cultural rights of the South Africa Constitutional Court and a discussion of the role of equality in dealing with difficult issues of development. The extended discussion gave students a opportunity to discuss the nature of law and rights in developing countries at the highest judicial level.
Both jurists were visiting Brandeis to participate in the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Center for Ethics, Justice and Private Life.
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MA SID students featured in Boston Globe article:
"A world of friendship under one roof"
Click here to read the full article
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Nadia Behboodi (pictured), an MA SID Fulbright student from Afghanistan, was featured in an article in the The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Excerpt from the article:
'THE MOST EXCITING STORY OF MY LIFE': At Brandeis University, a master's-degree candidate in sustainable development plans to put her degree to work back home in Afghanistan. With new approaches, the international scholarship program reaches out to "critical" countries. Nadia Behboodi told her parents before leaving for the United States, "I'll go and learn more things and come back here and work for this society."
Click here to read the full article (PDF format)
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South African Activist and Leader Visits The Heller School
Ahmed Kathrada, a major figure in the South African anti-apartheid struggle who spent 26 years in prison beside Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu for his pro-freedom activism, spent an evening with masters’ students in Sustainable International Development (SID) at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
After an introduction from two South African graduate students, Mr. Kathrada spoke on his 50-year struggle to transform South Africa. He then shared an intimate discussion with about 60 SID students, some of them from war-torn countries themselves, who asked questions about issues such as belief in a cause, the role of outside support, and the struggle to forgive former oppressors. The event was sponsored by the Center for International Development (CID) as part of their Series of Conversations on Liberation and Development.
For an account of Mr. Kathrada's role in shaping modern South African history by Mr. Pumzo Mbana, MA SID '06, click here (WORD format). For a poem honoring Mr. Kathrada on the occasion of his visit, by Ms. Nozuko Yokwana, MA SID '07, click here (WORD format).
Click here to read a Biographical Note on Mr. Ahmed Kathrada
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We are pleased to report that Akiko Mera, SID '05, produced two outstanding documentaries while she was doing her second year project in Cambodia. The first video Progression or Regression? is a very quick tour of Phnom Penh, capturing the current situation in five different areas: arts, environment, health, labor and education.
Click here to watch the documentary
The second video, See You @ Street 63 is about a boy selling English/Khmer newspaper on the streets.
Click here to watch the documentary
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Bibiana Bangpouri, SID '04 (pictured left), is featured in the annual publication of the Ford Foundation's report on the International Fellowships Program
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Tsunami Emergency in Asia: Message from Prof. Laurence Simon on Disaster Relief:
Click here to read a Guide to Giving for Tsunami Relief
Click here to read Five Questions to Ask Before you Give to Tsunami Relief Organizations
Click here to read List of Recommended Organizations for Tsunami Relief
Click here to view Arthur C. Clarke's recommendation for Sri Lanka relief
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Ghulam Mustafa Talpur, SID '03 (pictured fourth from left), Senior Program Officer with ActionAID Pakistan, helped draft the "Lahore Statement" which talks about water as a human right. Click here to read the full statement.
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During the 49th commencement in May 2000, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa addressed Brandeis graduates and asked them to “rise toward the compassionate and the gentle.” Click here to read the article.
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Mironda Heston
1980 - 2004
It is with great sadness that we announce that Mironda Heston, who received her Master of Arts in Sustainable International Development just last May, passed away September 21, 2004. It is thought that Mironda contracted dengue fever in the last few weeks working on the Central Plateau in Haiti. A medical clinic in Paypaye, Haiti, has been named the Mironda Heston Medical Clinic in her memory.
Click here to read letter from
Director Laurence R. Simon (PDF format)
Click here to read a letter from Paypaye Peasants Movement (MPP) -- the organization Mironda was with in Haiti
Click here to read her Master's Paper:
Haiti's Potomitan: The Role of Peasant Women in Haitian Society
Click here to a read news article from the
Bureau County Republican
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MacArthur Foundation awards The Heller School $750,000 to lead landmark initiative on early childhood development
Led by Heller Dean Jack Shonkoff, M.D. (pictured left), The National Scientific Council at The Heller School has organized what is planned to be the nation's leading resource about early child brain and behavior development for scientists, policymakers, child advocates and other involved in the first years of a child's life. Click here to read the full article. |
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SID is proud to announce that Naima Benwakrim, SID '04, was featured in the April 2004 issue of the Magazine Femmes du Maroc (Women of Morocco). She was included as one of the 100 women whose work resulted in the passage of the new Moroccan landmark Family Law, or Moudouana, supporting women's equality and granting them new rights in marriage and divorce, among others. The law was approved unanimously after twenty years of struggle in January 2004. Morocco is one of two countries in the Arab world that has a Family Law that reconciles Islamic values with international human rights standards.
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Lobsang Galak, SID '99, (pictured right) presented revised guidelines for development in Tibet in which Tibetans urge for culture-sensitive and needs-based development in Tibet.
Click here to read the full article
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 Kang Min, M.A. SID '02, is Assistant Director of the International Projects office of the Tibet Medical College, and has been playing a major role in managing a $990,000 grant from the China Medical Board to revise the curriculum and strengthen the teaching and facilities at the Tibet Medical College (TMC). The TMC has recently become part of the University of Lhasa and is providing five year clinical and medical education for doctors in Tibet.
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 Catalina Santamaria, M.A. SID '03, participated in the XII World Forestry Congress held in Quebec, Canada. Santamaria, representing the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), highlighted the role of youth in the international dialogue on forests. She encouraged participants to become involved in international policy making and described opportunities for participation.
The Congress serves as a forum to exchange views and experience, discuss forestry issues and formulate broad regional or global recommendations. The Congress provides the forestry sector the opportunity to produce a periodical overview of the state of forests and forestry, discern trends, adapt policies and raise awareness with decision-makers, the public and all concerned parties.
Learn more about the World Forestry Congress at:
FAO World Forestry Congress
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Heller researchers' trip to Vietnam may lead to development of a pediatric vaccine for deadly tropical virus. Click here to read the article.
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| SID alum Bibiana Irene Bangpuori from Ghana is featured in an article on Women's Rights in Development: Gains from Globality as part of the FORD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS HELP "REINVENT GLOBALIZATION" initiative. |
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Click here to read the latest GLOBAL ALUMNI eNEWSLETTER.
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